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Elvis Presley and The Stones covered his songs, Albert King played drums in his band and Bob Dylan wrote a song about him. Two months before his death, Jimmy Reed told us his story in his own words
In one of the big boss bluesman's last ever interviews — just prior to his death in 1976 at the age of just 50 — Jimmy Reed told Guitar Player about his life and times
"We were all very serious – guitar battles and everything…" The Band's Robbie Robertson and Rick Danko look back
The Band's 1976 Guitar Player cover story went onsale just as the band themselves came to an end. Founding members Robbie Robertson and bassist Rick Danko looked back on the country rock group that influenced a generation
Bonnie Raitt on the evolution of her playing style in 1977
In May 1977, Bonnie Raitt became Guitar Player's first female cover star. "I hate to be called a blues singer or a folkie," she said. "This is a new kind of music – it's a hybrid!"
"Very few people can play fast and put feeling into it…" Peter Frampton: The Guitar Player Interview
The ultimate interview, from November 1981
Phil Manzanera on the tone, tuning and technique of his teenage friend David Gilmour
David Gilmour's friend, Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, shares his insights on the Floyd legend's tone
How Jerry Lee Lewis terrorized Rory Gallagher, Dave Davies and Ritchie Blackmore
They didn't call him "the Killer" for nothing. Said Blackmore, “I was a big fan, but I was very frightened of him”
Jack Moore, son of blues great Gary Moore, recalls his father's guitar teachings as he makes his own way in music
The young guitarist says his father was a disciplined instructor who also "gave me the passion to do my own thing"
The time Carlos Santana picked a fight with Gene Simmons
The spiritual “Smooth” guitarist created a commotion when he became strangely outraged by Kiss’s makeup
